cannot mount partition (says it's NTFS but it's not!)

d33pdream · 02-22-2003, 08:58 PM

K, trying to mount a parition on my secondary drive, hereis my screen output, I *don't* get it.

Code:

[root@localhost sbin]# ./fdisk -l /dev/hdd

Disk /dev/hdd: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *         1       653   5245191   83  Linux
/dev/hdd2           654       784   1052257+  82  Linux swap
[root@localhost sbin]# mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt/lfs/
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel

and before these steps i did a;

mke2fs /dev/hdd1 which didn't give me any errors. Any ideas?

fancypiper · 02-22-2003, 09:18 PM

That sounds like it's an ex-Windows drive and some Windows crap may still be there. Try blanking out the front of the partition and re-format it. I suggest doing that for all partitions prior to formatting.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdd1 bs=1K count=1

I like ext3 myself over ext2, so I suggest

mke2fs -j /dev/hdd1

That should clean it up.

Why only two partitions? I find a /home partition invaluable.

d33pdream · 02-22-2003, 09:28 PM

k, i've seem to of gotten it to work...

passed the:

-t ext2

and it took, haven't tested it tho, might not work. it was a NTFS drive a few hours ago... hrm. This:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdd1 bs=1K count=1

will !!!WIPE!!!! out all past ntfs info?

d33pdream · 02-22-2003, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Why only two partitions? I find a /home partition invaluable.

It's my first Linux From Scratch project. Wont be used for a production box where security is essential.

fancypiper · 02-22-2003, 09:37 PM

That writes zeros to the first block of 1024 bytes. I understand that the linux mkfs can leave some windows trash unwiped and fool the kernel.

See info dd

The Answer Guy article

d33pdream · 02-22-2003, 09:46 PM

got it! works perfect. thanks! =)